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ENROLL IN THE SABBATH SCHOOL

You are not a member of the Sabbath school unless your

name is enrolled.. There '6.re._pero.us

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but who; because- their names are not- recorded, can-not be

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THE LIFE OF CHRIST

LESSON 1

JESUS FORETELLS HIS DEATH; PROVIDES

TRIBUTE MONEY; TEACHES HUMILITY

October 3, 1925

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LESSON SCRIPTURES: Matt. 17: 22 to 18: 10; Mark 9: 31-50;

Luke 9: 46-50.

MEMORY VERSE: Matt. 18: 14.

LESSON HELP: "The Desire of Ages," pp. 432-442.

PLACES: Galilee; Capernaum.

PERSONS: Jesus and His disciples; tax collectors; a little child.

SETTING OF THE LESSON

"On the journey through Galilee, Christ had again tried to

prepare the minds of His disciples for the scenes before Him.

. . . The disciples did not even now comprehend His words.

Although the shadow of a great sorrow fell upon them, a spirit

of rivalry found a place in their hearts. They disputed among

themselves which should be accounted greatest in the kingdom.

This strife they thought to conceal from Jesus, and they did not,

as usual, press close to His ,side, but loitered behind, so that He

was in advance of them as they entered Capernaum."—"The

De-

sire of Ages," p. 432.

Suggestions for Daily Family Study

Read the "Setting of the Lesson," and Matt. 17: 22 to 18: 10. Drill

on the memory verse each day.

Study Questions 1-6, and' Notes 1-4. Children may read paragraphs

1-4 of the primary lesson. Read the Lesson Help, pp. 432-434.

Study Questions 7-9. Children may read paragraphs 5-7 of the

primary lesson. Read the Lesson Help, pp. 435-437.

Study Questions 10-12, and Note 5. Children may read paragraphs

8-10 of the primary lesson. Read the Lesson Help, pp. 438, 439.

Study Questions 13-15, and Notes 6, 7. Review the lesson by

telling what each person said and did, each member of the family taking

part. If convenient, note the "Practical Lessons" in the junior lesson.

Review the first half of the lesson by asking questions from senior,

youth's, junior, or primary lesson. Read notes on lessons in "The Youth's

Instructor."

Review the last part of the lesson as suggested for the preceding

study.

QUESTIONS

I: .While.

Jesus. and His:disciples were.hr Galilee, what events

did He foretell? Matt.

22, 23.

What prevented: the disciples from understanding the meaning

of His words? Luke

9:45,

46. Note 1.

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When they arrived at Capernaum, what question was asked

of Peter? Matt. 17: 24. Note 2.

What was Peter's reply? When he reached the house, what

question did Jesus ask him? Verse 25.

What conclusion did Jesus draw from Peter's answer?

Verse 26. Note 3.

What motive prompted Jesus to pay the temple tax, or

tribute money? What instruction did He give Peter? Verse

. Note 4.

What question did the disciples ask Jesus at this time?

Matt. i8: I.

What experience gave rise to this question? Mark 9 : 33, 34.

In what impressive way did Jesus reply? What personal

application to the disciples did He make of this lesson?

Matt. IS: 2, 3.

to. Who did He say would be greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

Verse 4.

t. When we receive such a child in Jesus' name, whom do we

receive? Verse 5.

12.

What is said of one who causes a believer in Christ to stum-

ble? Verse 6. Note 5.

13.

Though offenses must come, what does Jesus say of him

who occasions them? Verse 7.

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14: How did Jesus seek to impress His disciples with the irn-

- portance of putting away every cause foi offense? Verses

8, 9. Note 6.

15. What caution did Jesus give regarding His little ones? What

is said concerning their angels? Verse To. Note 7.

NOTES

I. It was because the disciples were at strife among themselves

as to which of them should be greatest, that the real truth con-

cerning the events to occur at Jerusalem was hidden from them.

They might have known, but they still held to the cherished idea

of the Jewish people that the Messiah must establish a temporal

kingdom at Jerusalem. They were so occupied anticipating what

their place of authority might be in the new administration of

affairs, that they could not receive the unwelcome truth which

Jesus began to unfold to them regarding His sufferings and death.

"This tribute was not a civil tax, but .a religious contribu-

tion, which every Jew was required to pay annually for the support

of the temple. A refusal to pay the tribute would be regarded

:disloyalty to•the femple,-r—in the estimation of: the irabbis.-a :most

grievous

sin."—"The Desire of Ages;' PP:432; 433...

"While the people of a country are- taxed for the main-

tenance of their king, the monarch's own children are exempt.

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So Israel, the professed people of God, were required to maintain

His service ; but Jesus, the Son of God, was under no such obli-

gation. If priests and Levites were exempt because of their con-

nection with the temple, how much more He to whom the temple

was His Father's house."—Id.,

P. 433.

"If Jesus had paid the tribute without a protest, He would

virtually have acknowledged the justice of the claim, and would

thus have denied His divinity. But while He saw good to meet

the demand, He denied the claim upon which it was based. In

providing for the payment of the tribute He gave evidence of His

divine character. It was made manifest that He was one with

God, and therefore was not under tribute as a mere subject of

the kingdom."—id.,

P. 434.

The word "offend" used here and elsewhere means

cause to

stumble,

and is so rendered in the Revised Version. It means

literally the placing of an impediment or trap before the feet so

as to cause one to stumble and fall.

"One sin cherished is sufficient to work the degradation of

the character, and to mislead others. If the foot or the hand

would be cut off, or even the eye would be plucked out, to save

the body from death, how much more earnest should we be to

put away sin, that brings death to the soul."—"The

Desire of

Ages," P. 439.

"The surrender of the will is represented as plucking out the

eye or cutting off the hand. Often it seems to us that to surren-

der the will to God is to consent to go through life maimed or

crippled. But it is better, says Christ, for self to be maimed,

wounded, crippled, if thus you.may enter into

life."—"Thoughts

from the Mount of Blessing," pp. 95, 96, new edition.

"Men of ten part with some members of the body, at the dis-

cretion of a surgeon, that they may preserve the trunk, and die

a little later; and yet they will not deprive themselves of a look,

a touch, a small pleasure, which endanger the eternal death of

the soul." "We must shut our senses against dangerous objects,

to avoid the occasions of sin, and deprive ourselves of all that is

most dear and profitable to us, in order to save our souls, when

we find that these dear and profitable things, however innocent in

themselves, cause us to sin against God."—Dr.

Adam Clarke.

"A guardian angel is appointed to every follower of Christ.

These heavenly watchers shield the righteous from the power of

the wicked one. . . . The angels appointed to minister to the

children of God have at all times access to His presence."—"The

Great Controversy," pp. 512, 513.

The last time a Thirteenth Sabbath Offering was given to

India there was no overflow. This quarter we have an oppor-

tunity to help give the gospel to the countless multitudes

in South

India and Burma. Make your offering a liberal one, so there will

be a generous overflow.

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LESSON

GAINING THE BROTHER; RECKONING

WITH SERVANTS

October 10, 1925

LESSON SCRIPTURE: Matt. 18: 15-35.

MEMORY VERS

: Matt. 6; 15.

LESSON HELP: "Christ's Object Lessons," pp. 243-251.

PLACE: Capernaum.

PERSONS: Jesus; Peter; probably all the disciples.

SETTING OF THE LESSON

While Jesus was•with His disciples in a house in Capernaum,

He gave them some very practical teaching concerning their rela-

tion to others. "The rabbis limited the exercise of forgiveness to

three offenses. Peter,.carrying out, as he supposed, the teaching

of Christ, thought to extend it to seven, the number signifying

perfection."—"Christ's

Object Lessons," P. 243.

Suggestions for Daily Family Study.

Read the "Setting of the Lesson," and the Lesson Scripture.

Drill

on the memory verse each day.

Study Questions 1-4, and Notes 1, 2.

Read the

Lesson Help, pp.

248-250.

Study Questions 5-8, and Note 3. Children may read paragraphs

1 and 2 of the primary lesson, and answer questions.

Study Questions 9-13, and Notes 4, 5. Children may read paragraphs

3-5 of the primary lesson, and answer questions.

Study Questions 14-18, and Notes 6, 7. Children may read paragraphs

6-8, and answer questions. Read selections from the Lesson Help.

Review the lesson by naming the persons mentioned in the lesson,

telling what each said and did, each member of the family taking part.

Review the lesson by asking questions from the senior, youth's,

junior, or primary lesson. Discuss topics under the heading, "Some Things

to Think About," in the junior lesson.

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QUESTIONS

How are we to deal with a brother who sins against us?

What do we gain if he hears us? Matt. 18: 15.

If our first effort toward reconciliation fails, what should

we then do? Verse 16. Note 1.

Under what circumstances should the matter be brought

to the church? If the judgment of the church is not heeded,

how should the person be regarded? Verse 17. Note 2.

If this instruction be followed, how will God look upon the

result? Verse 18.

What promise is made concerning the petition of two or

more who are agreed? Verse 19.

Who. is present when two or three gather in the name of

Jesus? Verse

20.

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What question did Peter ask concerning forgiveness?

Verse 21.

What reply did Jesus make? Verse 22. Note 3.

To what is the kingdom of heaven likened? Verse 23.'

to. What were the obligations of one servant found to be?

Verse

24.

Note 4.

it. What did the king determine to do with that servant?

Verse 25.

12.

What entreaty did the servant make?, Verse 26.

13.

How did his plea affect the king? Verse 27. Note 5.

14.

How was this experience repeated? In what respect did

the second experience differ from the first? Verses 28-30.

15.

How was the king made acquainted with all that had occurred?

Verse 31.

16.

After calling the forgiven servant, what did his lord say to

him? Verses 32, 33.

17.

How are his lord's feelings described? How was the un-

forgiying servant punished? Verse 34. Note 6.

18.

What lesson did our Lord design we should learn from

this parable? Verse 35. Note 7.

NOTES

t. "GO and tell him his fault between thee and him alone."

"If he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more."

The Lord desires that alienation between brethren and all

in the church should be kept within as small a circle as

possible. "An earnest effort should be made in every church to

put away evil-speaking and a censorious spirit as among the sins

productive of the greatest evils in-the church. Severity and fault-

finding must be rebuked as the workings of Satan. Mutual love

and confidence must be encouraged and strengthened in the mem-

bers of the church. Let all, in the fear of God and with love

to their brethren, close their ears to gossip and censure."-"Testi-

monies," vol. 5, p. 6o9.

"If a brother is supposed to have erred, his brethren and

sisters should not whisper it among themselves and comment upon

it, magnifying these supposed errors and faults. Much of this

work is Lane, and the result is, the displeasure of God rests upon

jthose who do it, and Satan exults that he can weaken and annoy

those who might be strong in the Lord."-Id.,

p. 615.

2. The Lord here clearly teaches the neeessitj

of maintaining

the purity and order of the church. When members have been

separated frorri the church, our duty then, as Christians, is to

continue to labor for their conversion, that they may again be

brought into the church

from which they have been separated.

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3. Jesus' answer to Peter was broad enough to cover every

case; for forgiveness, like other Christian virtues, has no limits.

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Jesus doubtless meant His answer to be interpreted, "As many

times as he sinneth against thee." Read Luke 17: 3, 4.

"This talent was probably worth £200, or

$1,000."—American

Revised Version.

The total amount of indebtedness would thus

be ten million dollars.

Note that the king granted much more than his servant

asked. The servant pleaded for time only, and promised to pay

all; but the king, in his compassion, forgave him the entire debt.

"Every one who has been free to condemn or discourage,

will in his own experience be brought over the ground where he

has caused others to pass; he will feel what they have suffered

because of his want of sympathy and tenderness."—"Thoughts

from the Mount of Blessing," p. 194, new edition.

The offense of those who may have done us wrong is but

a hundred pence ($17) as compared with our debt to God, a debt

of which we can not pay a farthing.

"The great lesson of the parable lies in the contrast between

God's compassion and man's hard-heartedness ; in the fact that

God's forgiving mercy is to be the measure of our own.

`Shouldst not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow serv-

ant, even as I had pity on thee?'

"We are not forgiven

because

we forgive, but

we forgive.

The ground of all forgiveness is found in the unmerited love of

God; but by our attitude toward others we show whether we have

made that love our

own."—"Christ's Object Lessons," p.

251.

"He who is unforgiving, cuts off the very channel through

which alone he can receive mercy from God. We should not

think that unless those whO have injured us confess the wrong,

we are justified in withholding from them our forgiveness. It is

their part, no doubt, to humble their hearts by repentance and

confession; but we are to have a spirit of compassion toward

those who have trespassed against us, whether or not they con-

fess their faults. However sorely they may have wounded us,

we are not to cherish our grievances, and sympathize with our-

selves over our injuries; but as` we hope to be pardoned for our

offenses against God, we are to pardon all who have done evil

us."—"Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing," p. 166, new

edition.

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BURMA AND SOUTH INDIA

December 26, 1925

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LESSON 3

TEST OF DISCIPLESHIP; THE SEVENTY

SENT FORTH

October 17, 1925

LESSON SCRIPTURE: Luke 9:

57 to 10:

20.

PARALLEL SCRIPTURES: Matt. 8: 19-22; 11: 21-24.

MEMORY VERSE: Luke 9: 58..

LESSON HELP: "The Desire of Ages," pp. 488-496.

PLACES: Samaria, Galilee; Chorazin, Bethsaida, Tyre, Sidon, Capernaum.

PERSONS: Jesus; the twelve; a certain scribe; the seventy.

SETTING OF THE LESSON

Jesus and His disciples were on their way to Jerusalem to

attend the feast, and He had sent messengers before Him to

announce His coming. Luke 9: 51, 52.

Suggestions for Daily Family Study

Note the "Setting of the Lesson," and read Luke 9: 57-62. Study

Questions 1-6, and Notes 1, 2. Drill on the memory verse each day.

Read Luke 10: 1-20. Children may read paragraphs 1-4 of the

primary

lesson. Read selected portions of the Lesson Help.

Study Questions 7-11, and Note 3. Children may read paragraphs

5-10

the primary lesson.

Study Questions 12-14. Children may answer questions in the pri-

mary lesson. Read selected portions of the Lesson Help.

Study Questions 15-18, and Notes 4, 5. Read page 493 of

"The

Desire of Ages." Read notes in the junior lesson, if convenient.

Review the lesson by asking questions from the senior, youth's,

junior,

primary lesson. Read notes on the youth's lesson

"The

Youth's Instructor."

Review the last part of the lesson as suggested for the preceding study.

QUESTIONS

On Jesus' way to the feast with His disciples, what did a

certain man say to Him? Luke 9: 57.

What reply did Jesus make to him? Verse 58. (Compare

Cor. 8 : 9.) Note I.

What call to service did He give to another? What excuse

was given for refusing the invitation? Luke 9: 59•

How did Jesus further urge him

follow Him? Verse 6o.

Note

When the invitation was extended to another, what excuse

did he offer? Verse 61.

What unfits one for a place in the kingdom of God? Verse 62.

Whom besides the twelve disciples did Jesus choose for His

work? How were they sent forth? To what places were

they to go? Luke 1o: 1.

What did Jesus tell them concerning the harvest? For what

were they asked to pray? Verse

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9. With what danger did He compare their going forth? What

were they not to provide for their journey? How were they

to avoid delays? Verses 3, 4. Note 3.

to. What were they to do upon entering a house? Verses 5, 6.

xi. What were they to do in a house that received them? What

further instruction did Jesus give them? Verses 7, 8.

12. What work were they to do in the cities? What was to be

the keynote of their message? Verse 9.

53. What did Jesus tell them to do in places where they were

not welcome? Verses to, IL

14.

What comparison did Jesus make between some of the wicked

cities of old, and the cities which had witnessed His mighty

works? Verses 12-15.

15.

How fully did Jesus identify Himself with His disciples?

Verse 16.

16.

Concerning what did the seventy rejoice when they returned

to Christ? Verse 57.

17.

What event did this experience of the seventy bring to the

mind of Jesus? Verse 18. Note 4.

18.

What power did Christ give to His disciples? What should

be a greater cause of joy than the possession of power?

Verses 59, 20. Note 5.

NOTES

Jesus no doubt saw, that this offer to follow Him was

prompted by a desire for personal gain. By referring to His

own poverty, and His sacrifice to save man, Jesus revealed the

life of toil and privation of all who truly follow Him.

This does not seem to be a request simply to attend the

funeral of a father then dead. The father might live for years.

The lesson is clearly this : Not the most urgent or important

affairs of this life must stand in the way of obeying the call of

God. He must come first; temporal things, even the most im-

portant, must take second place.

He who sent forth these workers would provide and care

for them. To have carried money would have invited violence and

robbery. To have provided food in their scrip and extra cloth-

ing would have encumbered them in their labors.

It may seem strange that Jesus instructed the seventy to "salute

no man by the way." The explanation is this: In Eastern coun-

tries, the forms of greeting passed between travelers meeting on

a journey involve so many questions, repeated expressions of

welcome, and tedious forms, 'as to cause much delay. The sev-

enty were sent forth with an important message requiring haste,

and no time was to be lost in getting from city to city.

Study 2 Peter 2 : 4 ; Rev. ,I2 : 7-9; John

12 : 31 ; Rev. 20 : 10 ;

5: 13. "The scenes of the past and the future were presented to

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the mind of Jesus. He beheld Lucifer as he was first cast out

from the heavenly places. He looked forward to the scenes of

His own agony, when before all the worlds the character of the

deceiver should be unveiled. He heard the cry, 'It is finished,'

announcing that the redemption of the lost race was forever made

certain, that heaven was made eternally secure against. the ac-

cusations, the deceptions, the pretensions, that Satan would in-

stigate.

"Beyond the cross of Calvary, with its agony and shame,

Jesus looked forward to the great final day, when the prince of

the power of the air will meet his destruction in the earth so long

marred by his rebellion. Jesus beheld the work of evil forever

ended, and the peace of God filling heaven and earth."—"The

Desire of Ages,"

490.

5. "There is

book of remembrance in the heavens, the

Lamb's Book of Life, in which the names of all His true and

faithful followers are written. It may be a great thing to have

one's name inscribed in large, enduring letters in the roll of those

who have done great things for Christ and for Christ's cause upon

this earth; but that earthly register does not correspond with

the one that is kept above. There are names to be found- in the

one that will not be met with in the other. There are names which

shine bright in the one that appear but faintly luminous in the

other. There are names that have never been entered in the

one that beam forth with a heavenly brilliance in the other. The

time comes when over the one the waters of oblivion shall pass,

and its records be all wiped away. The time shall never come

when the names that shall at last be found written in the other

shall be blotted out."—"The

Life of Christ," Hanna,

10.

LESSON 4

JESUS PRAYS ; TEN LEPERS CLEANSED

October 24, 1925

LESSON SCRIPTURES:

Matt.

11: 25-30; Luke 17: 11-19.

PARALLEL SCRIPTURE: Luke 10: 21-24.

MEMORY VERSE: Luke 17: 17.

LESSON HELPS: "The Desire of Ages," pp. 328-332; "Testimonies,"

vol: 3, pp. 179, 180.

PLACE: Through Samaria and Galilee on the way to Jerusalem.

PERSONS: Jesus and His disciples; ten lepers.

SETTING OF THE LESSON

Jesus and His disciples are on their way to attend the feast at

Jerusalem. The first part of the lesson is a continuation of the

last lesson. Luke to:

1-20.

The story of the ten lepers is one

of the incidents of the journey.

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Suggestions for Daily Family Study

Note the "Setting of the Lesson." Read Matt. 11: 25-30. Study

Questions 1-3, and Note 1. Drill on the memory verse each day.

Study Questions 4-6, and Notes 2-4. Children may read paragraphs

1-5 of the primary lesson. Read selections from "The Desire of Ages,"

pp. 328-332.

Read Luke 17: 11-19. Ask children questions on paragraphs 1-5 of

the primary lesson. Read selections from pages suggested in "The Desire

of Ages."

Study Questions 7-10. Read "Testimonies," vol. 3, pp. 179, 180.

Children may read paragraphs 6-10 of the primary lesson.

Study Questions 11-14, and Note 5. Children may answer questions

on paragraphs 6-10 of the primary lesson.

Review the first half of the lesson by asking questions from the senior,

youth's, junior, or primary lesson. Read notes in "The Youth's Instructor."

Review the last part of the lesson as suggested for the preceding

study.

QUESTIONS

After pronouncing woes upon the cities that 'had rejected

Him, for what did Jesus give thanks? Matt. II: 25. Note I.

What did Jesus say that shows His oneness with the Father?

Verse 26.

What had been delivered to Christ? How only can we know

the Father? Verse 27.

What gracious invitation does Jesus extend to. all? What

promise is given? Verse 28. Note 2.

What does He ask us to take upon us? What will He give in

return? Verse

29.

Note 3.

How does Jesus describe His yoke? Verse 30.. Note 4.

Through what countries did Jesus pass on His way to Jeru-

salem? Luke 17: II.

As He entered into a certain village, who met Him.? Verse 12.

What did the lepers ask? Verse 13.

to. What did Jesus tell them to do? As they went, what miracle

was wrought? Verse 14.

What did one of the healed men do? Whom did he glorify?

IDf what nation was he? Verses 15, 16.

12.

What two questions did Jesus then ask? Verse 17.

13.

How did He refer to the Samaritan? Verse 18. Note 5.

14.

What did Jesus then say to him? Verse 19.

NOTES

1. Self-satisfied, and occupied with their own ambitions and

pursuits, the worldly class is a difficult one to reach with the

gospel. God does not refuse spiritual things to the so-called

"wise and prudent," but they think themselves too wise to listen

to Him, and they close their ears and eyes to His Word. It is

only to the humble and to those who consider themselves babes

in understanding that the Lord can impart His light and

knowledge.

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" 'Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden,

and I will give you rest:

"These words of comfort were spoken to the multitude that

followed Jesus. The Saviour had said that only through Him-

self could men receive a knowledge of God. He had spoken of

His disciples as the ones to whom a knowledge of heavenly things

had been given. But He left none to feel themselves shut out

from His care and love. All who labor and are heavy laden may

come unto Him. . . .

"In these words, Christ is speaking to every human being.

Whether they know it or not, all are weary and heavy laden. All

are weighed down with burdens that only Christ can remove.

The heaviest burden that we bear is the burden of sin. If we

were left to bear this burden, it would crush us. But the Sinless

One has taken our place. The Lord hath laid on Him the

iniquity of us all.' He has borne the burden of our guilt. He

will take the load from our weary shoulders. He will give us

rest. The burden of care and sorrow also He will bear. He

invites us to cast all our care upon Him; for He carries us upon

His heart."—"The

Desire of Ages," pp. 328, 329.

"There are many whose hearts are aching under a load of

care because they seek to reach' the world's standard. They

have chosen its service, accepted its perplexities, adopted its

customs. Thus their character is marred, and their life made a

weariness. In order to gratify ambition and worldly desires, they

wound the conscience, and bring upon themselves an additional

burden of remorse. The continual worry is wearing out the life •

forces. Our Lord desires them to lay aside this yoke of bondage.

He invites them to accept His yoke; He says, 'My yoke is easy,

and My burden is light.' He bids them seek first the kingdom of

God and His righteousness, and His promise is, that all things

needful to them for this life shall be added. Worry is blind, and

can not discern the future; but Jesus sees the end from the be-

ginning. In every difficulty He has His way prepared to bring

relief. Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for

us, of which we know nothing. Those who accept the one prin-

ciple of making the service and honor of God supreme, will find

perplexities vanish, and a plain path before their feet."—Id.,

p. 330.

Contrast the two yokes. It is easy to wear the yoke of

Jesus, because He bears the heavy end of it. When we walk in

the way of His commandments, we are walking with Him, and in

His love the heart finds rest. A share in His service here leads

to a crown of rest and peace in the earth made new. Satan's

yoke is a yoke of bondage. He would make it appear-that his

way is the easiest, and that serving self brings happiness; yet

there is no true happiness and joy in his service.

Commenting upon the experience of the ten lepers; F. B.

Meyer says :

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"Their common misery drew these poor outcasts together and

made them forget the fierce national antipathies of Jew and

Samaritan. When bidden to go to the priest, before there were

any outward signs of healing, they started, and thus gave evidence

of their faith that they were healed. It'was this faith that saved

them, because faith like this lets in the whole tide of God's sav-

ing health. In the case of the poor alien, it was clear that he was

not only healed, but saved, as his gratitude and worship indicated.

Do we thank God, not only for His miracles, but for His daily

providence

?"—"Through the Bible Day by.

Day," vol. 5, p. 145.

LESSON 5

HEALING THE BLIND MAN ON THE

SABBATH

October 31, 1925

LESSON SCRIPTURE: John 9.

MEMORY VERSE: John 9: 4.

LESSON HELP: "The Desire of Ages," pp. 463-465, 470-415.

PLACE: Jerusalem.

PERSONS: Jesus and His disciples; a blind man; parents of the blind

man; Pharisees and people.

SETTING OF THE LESSON

Jesus in the temple at Jerusalem had drawn a sharp contrast

between the unbelief of the Jews and the faith of their father

Abraham. The priests and rabbis cried out against Him as a

blasphemer, and "then took they up stones to cast at Him: but

Jesus hid Himself, and went out of the temple, going through the

midst of them, and so passed by." Then follows the incident of

the healing of the blind man, a miracle of much importance, as

is indicated by the fact that an entire chapter is given to it.

Suggestions for Daily Family Study

Read the "Setting of the Lesson." Study Questions 1-3, and

Notes 1, 2. Read selected portions from

pages 463-465 of the Lesson

Help. Drill on the memory verse each day.

Study Questions 4-7, and Note 3. Children may read paragraphs

1-6 of the primary lesson. Read pages 470, 471, of the Lesson Help.

Study Questions '8-14, and Notes 4, 5. Children may read paragraphs

7-11 of the primary lesson. Read pages 472, 473, of the Lesson Help.

Study Questions ,15-18, and Note 6. Answer questions under heading

"What Do You Think?" in "The Youth's Instructor." Ask children

questions in the primary lesson.

Review the lesson by naming the characters mentioned, telling what

each said and did, following closely the natural order of events. Read

pages 474, 475, of the Lesson Help.

Review the first half of the lesson by asking questions from senior,

youth's, junior, or primary lesson. Read notes in "The Youth's

Instructor."

Review the last part of the lesson as suggested for the preceding study.

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QUESTIONS

As Jesus passed by, whom did He see? By what question

did His disciples reveal the prevailing idea of their time con-

cerning sin and suffering? John 9:

I, 2.

Note 1.

What was Jesus' reply to the question? Verse 3. Note

What did Jesus say He must do while it was day? What did

He declare Himself to be? Verses 4, 5.

Describe the manner in which the miracle was performed.

Verses 6, 7.

What three questions did the people ask? What reply did the

man make to each question? Verses 8-12.

Before whom was the man brought for examination? Upon

what day was the miracle performed? What question did

the Pharisees ask? What did the man say in reply? Verses

13-15.

State the conflicting opinions expressed concerning Jesus.

Verses 16, 17. Note 3.

How did the Pharisees still further attempt to ,discredit the

story of the miracle? Verse 18.

When questioned, to what facts did the parents bear testi-

mony? Verses 19,

20.

so. What information did they withhold? Why did they do this?

Verses 21-23. Note 4.

Ir. Again calling the man who had been blind, what demand and

accusation did the Pharisees make? What was his reply? ,

Verses 24, 25. Note 5.

12.

Being pressed with further queries, with what question did

the healed man taunt his questioners? With what effect?

Verses 26-28.

13.

What declaration of ignorance concerning Christ did the

Pharisees make? What unanswerable argument did the man

offer in response? Verses 29-33.

14.. How did the rulers express their hatred not only of Christ

but also of the healed man? Verse 34.

15.

On hearing of this, what did Jesus do? How plainly did

Jesus•declare Himself to this man? What acknowledgment

did the man make? Verses 35-38.

16.

What did these things lead Jesus to say? Verse

17.

What question was asked by some of the Pharisees? What

did Jesus reply? Verses 40, 41. (See John 15:

22, 24.)

18.

What is an exceptional feature of the miracle recorded in this

chapter? Note 6.

NOTES

"It was generally believed by the Jews that sin is punished

in this life. Every affliction was regarded as the penalty of some

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Wrongdoing, either of the sufferer himself or of his parents. It

is true that all suffering results from the transgression of God's

law, but this truth had become perverted. Satan, the author of

sin and all its results, had led men to look upon disease and death

as proceeding from God,—as punishment arbitrarily inflicted on

account of sin. Hence one upon whom some great affliction or

calamity had fallen, had the additional burden of being regarded

as a great sinner."—"The

Desire of Ages," pp. 470, 471.

"While Jesus corrected their error, He did not explain the

cause of the man's affliction, but told them what would be the

result."—Id.,

p. 471.

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"Thus He transferred the question from intellectual ground

to that of the moral purpose which suffering might

serve."—

Edersheim.

The Pharisees were zealous for what they conceived to be

the proper observance of the Sabbath, yet they were planning mur-

der on that very day. They had abundant ground fora charge

against Jesus, according to their man-made laws. The making

of clay, or the application of a remedy where life or an organ

was not in danger, was considered as Sabbath breaking. "It was

not lawful to wash the eyes with spittle medicinally on the Sabbath

day, much less to go to a pool of water to wash

them."—"Com-

mentary," Henry and Scott, p. 421.

Edersheim states that among the Jews there were three

kinds of "excommunication." The first and lightest was a rebuke.

Ordinarily the period of disapproval lasted for seven days, but if

pronounced by the head of the Sanhedrin, it continued for thirty

days. The second degree of excommunication lasted for thirty

days ; and at the end of that term, "a second admonition" was

given, which extended the time thirty days longer. This could be

pronounced only in an assembly of ten, and was accompanied by

curses, and sometimes proclaimed with a blast of the horn. The

final excommunication placed a ban of indefinite duration on a

man. "Henceforth he was like one dead. He was not allowed to

study with others, no intercourse was to be held with him, he was

not even to be shown the road. He might, indeed, buy the

necessaries of life, but it was forbidden to eat or drink with such

an one."

"The man was made of sturdier stuff than his parents. He

was not to be overawed by their authority, or knocked down by

their assertions. . . . 'We know,' the Pharisees had said, 'that

this man is a sinner.' 'Whether He is a sinner,' the man replied,

`I do not know ; one thing I do know, that, being blind, now I see.'

Then they began again their weary and futile. cross-examination.

`What did He do to thee? How did He open thine eyes ?' But

the man had had enough of this. 'I told yOu once, and ye did

not attend. Why do ye wish to hear again? Is it possible that ye

too wish to be His disciples?' Bold irony .this—to ask these

stately, ruffled, scrupulous Sanhedrists, whether he was really to

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regard them as anxious and sincere inquirers about the claims

of the Nazarene Prophet! Clearly here was a man whose pre-

sumptuous honesty would neither be bullied into suppression

nor corrupted into a lie. He was quite impracticable. So, since

authority, threats, blandishments had all failed, they broke into

abuse. . . . Unable to control any longer

their transport of in-

dignation, they flung him out of the hall, and out of the

synagogue."—"Life

of Christ," Farrar, p. 398.

6. "If sifting the evidence for a miracle, stating every possible

objection to it, discussing publicly, not centuries afterwards, but

at the time and on the spot, the whole details, turning the occur-

rence out and in, back and forth, exhausting every effort to shake

its validity, and then finding that it 'has been a veritable work

above the ordinary processes of nature and beyond the powers of

men—if such cross-examination should seem to anyone essential to

his believing in the historicity of the miracles, in this instance it

actually took place, and we have the circumstantial record of it in

this chapter.

"This treatment is entirely exceptional in the miracle narra-

tives; but on that account this single specimen has all the greater

apologetic value. It can no more be said that the difficulties of

the modern mind are wholly disregarded in the Gospels. Here is

precisely that argumentative handling of the various difficulties

about a miracle with which we are so familiar. The occurrence

is related. Then arise the questions upon it: Was there really

anything unusual done? How was it done? Who was the doer

of it? Was the doing of it a mark of divine commission and

authority? Who and what shall we conclude the worker of it to

be? These and such as these are the questions which every age—'

our own preeminently—has asked about the miracles of Jesus.

They are asked and answered, in this instance, in presence of the

facts themselves."—"Miracles

of Our Lord," Laidlaw.

LESSON 6

THE GOOD SHEPHERD

November 7, 1925

LESSON SCRIPTURE: John 10: 1-21.

MEMORY VERSE: John 10: 1%.

LESSON HELP: "The Desire of Ages," pp. 476-484.

PLACE: Jerusalem; perhaps in or near the temple.

PERSONS: Jesus and His disciples; Pharisees and people.

SETTING OF THE LESSON

The parable of the good shepherd is apparently a continuation

of the conversation which arose out of the healing of the blind

man as recorded in the previous chapter. One writer says, "Per-

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haps the parable was suggested by the sight of the shepherds and

their flocks on the hills about Jerusalem."

Suggestions for Daily Family Study

Read the "Setting of the Lesson." Read John 10: 1-21. Drill on

the memory verse each day.

Study Questions 1-5, and Note 1. Children may read paragraphs

1-6 of the primary lesson.

Study Questions 6.8. Read selected portions from the Lesson Help.

Read or repeat the Shepherd Psalm-Psalm 23.

Study Questions 9-12, and Notes 2-4. Children may read paragraphs

7-10 of the primary lesson. Read selected portions of the Lesson Help.

Study Questions 13-17, and Notes 5, 6. Ask children the questions

in the primary lesson. Read selected portions of the Lesson Help.

Review the first half of the lesson by asking questions from senior,

youth's, junior, or Primary lesson. Read notes in "The Youth's Instructor."

Review the last part of the lesson as suggested in the preceding study.

QUESTIONS

I. What beautiful illustration did Jesus give of His relation to

His followers? Compare the manner of `the shepherd and

that of the robber when entering the sheepfold. John so: 1-3.

How else is the shepherd distinguished from the thief and

the robber? Why will the sheep not follow a stranger?

Verses 4, 5.

In explaining the parable, what did Jesus 'say of Himself?

What is said of those who came before' Him? Verses 6-8.

Note I.

What is the reward of those who enter in by the door?

Verse 9.

For what purpose

does the thief enter the sheepfold? For

what did the Saviour say He had come? Verse so.

Besides being the door to the fold, what other term did He

apply to Himself? How great a sacrifice does the shepherd's

love lead him to make? Verse is.

On the other hand, what does the hireling do in time of

danger? Verse

12.

Why does a hireling desert his flock? ,Verse 13.

What intimate relation exists between Christ and His follow-

ers? Verses 14, 15. Note 2.

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so. What was the earnest desire of Jesus for all His scattered

sheep? Verse i6. Note 3.

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is. What Old Testament prophecy foretold the accomplishment

of this work? Isa. 56; 8.

12.

What is said' of the Father's love for Christ? John so: 17.

Note

13.

What shows 'that Christ's sacrifice for lost 'humanity was a

willing one? By what power did Jesus rise from the dead?

Verse •18. Note 5.

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14.

What did, these words cause among

His hearers? Verse lg.

15.

What did, many of His hearers say of Him? Verse 20.

16.

How were His teachings regarded by others? Verse 21..

17.

What great comfort is ours to-day? Verses 27, 28. Note 6.

NOTES

r.•"The Pharisees had not entered by the door. They had

climbed into the fold by another way than Christ, and they were

not fulfilling the work of the true shepherd. The priests and

rulers, the scribes and Pharisees, destroyed the living pastures,

and defiled the wellsprings of the water of life."—"The

Desire of

Ages," P. 478.

Not only is Jesus a door or entrance to life and safety, but the

only one. All those who at any time teach any other way than

the merits of Christ for salvation, whether they be Jewish leaders,

heathen philosophers, or professed Christian teachers, are thieves

and robbers; "for there is none other name under heaven given

among men, whereby we must be saved."

"I am the good shepherd; and I know Mine own, and/Mine

own know Me." John Io: 14, A. R. V. What a precious lesson is

taught by this parable, setting forth so clearly the mission of

Christ, and the intimate relation existing between Him and His

people. To get the force of the illustration, we should understand

shepherd life in the East. Note the following description of an

Oriental scene:

"As we sat and looked, almost spellbound, the silent hillsides

around us were in a moment filled with life and sound. The

shepherds led their flocks forth from the gates of the city. They

were in full view, and we watched them and listened to them

with no little interest. Thousands of sheep and goats were there,

grouped in dense, confused masses. The shepherds stood to:

gether until all came out. Then they separated, each shepherd

taking a different path, and uttering, as he advanced, a shrill,

peculiar call. The sheep heard them. At first the masses swayed

and moved, as if shaken by some internal convulsion; then points

struck out in the direction taken by the shepherds; these became

longer and longer, until the confused masses were resolved into

long, living streams, flowing after their leaders. Such a sight was

not new to me, still it had lost none of its interest. It was, per-

haps, one of the most vivid illustrations which human eyes could

witness of that beautiful discourse of our Lord recorded by John."

—Porter, in "Bible Student's Manual."

"Jesus thought upon the souls all over the earth who were

misled by false shepherds. Those whom He longed to gather as

the sheep of His pasture were scattered among wolves, and He

said, 'Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold.'

"—"The

Desire of Ages," p. 483.

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",`Therefore doth My Father love Me, because I lay down

My life, that I might take it again.' That is, My Father has so

loved you, that He even loves Me more for giving My life to

redeem you. In becoming your substitute and surety, by surren-

dering My life, by taking your liabilities, your transgressions, I

am endeared to My Father. . . . While as a member of the

human family He was mortal, as God He was the fountain of

life for the world. He could have withstood the advances of

death, and refused to come under its dominion ; but voluntarily

He laid down His life, that He might bring life and immortality

to light. He bore the sin of the world, endured its curse, yielded

up His life as a sacrifice, that men might not eternally die."—Id.,

pp. 4

3, 4

It is repeatedly stated that the Father raised Jesus from the

dead. (See Acts 2:24; 3 : 15; 4:

; 5:3o; to: 4o; 13 : 30-37;

Thess. I : to; Rom. 4 : 24, 25; 6 : 4; 8: I.) On the other hand,

Jesus speaks of it as His own act. John 2: 19; JO: 17, 18. There

is no contradiction in these texts. Both statements are true, and

the unity of both is clearly seen by reading John 5: 19-30.

For a description of the resurrection, see "The Desire of

Ages," pp. 779, 780.

"Though now He has ascended to the presence of God, and

shares the throne of the universe, Jesus has lost none of His

compassionate nature. To-day the same tender, sympathizing

heart is open to all the woes of humanity. To-day the hand that

was pierced is reached forth to bless more abundantly His people

that are in the world. 'And they shall never perish ; neither shall

any man pluck them out of My hand.' The soul that has given

himself to Christ is more precious in His sight than the whole

world. The Saviour would have passed through the agony of

Calvary, that one might be saved in His kingdom. He will never

abandon one for whom He has died. Unless His followers choose

to leave Him, He will hold them fast.

"Through all our trials we have a never-failing Helper. He

does not leave us alone to struggle with temptation, to battle with

evil, and be finally crushed with burdens and sorrow. Though

now He is hidden from mortal sight, the ear of faith can hear

His voice saying, Fear not; I am with you. 'I am He that liveth,

and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore.' I have en-

dured your sorrows, experienced your struggles, encountered your

temptations. I know your tears; I also have wept. The griefs

that lie too deep to be breathed into any human ear, I know.

Think not that you are desolate and forsaken. Though your pain

touch no responsive chord in any heart on earth, look unto Me,

and

live."—"The Desire of Ages," pp. 480, 483.

"Parents should take special interest in the religious education

of their children, that they may have a more thorough knowledge

of the Scriptures."—"Testimonies,"

vol. 3, p. 189.

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LESSON 7

PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN

November 14, 1925

LESSON SCRIPTURE: Luke 10: 25-37.

MEMORY VERSE: Luke 10: 27.

LESSON HELPS: "The Desire of Ages," pp. 497-505; "Christ's Object'

Lessons," pp.• 376-389.

PLACE: Not certainly known.

PERSONS: Jesus and His disciples; a lawyer; the multitude.

SETTING OF THE LESSON

- The topic, "Who is my neighbor ?" was an old one. "Among

the Jews this question caused endless dispute. They had no doubt

as to the heathen and the Samaritans; these were strangers and

enemies. But where should the distinction be made among the

people of their own nation, and among the different classes of

society? Whom should the priest, the rabbi, the elder, regard as

neighbor? They spent their lives' in a round of ceremonies to

make themselves pure. Contact with the ignorant and careless

multitude, they taught, would cause defilement that would require

wearisome effort to remove. Were they to regard the 'unclean' as

neighbors

?"—"The Desire of Ages,"

498.

The story told by Jesus "was no imaginary scene, but an actual

occurrence, which was known to be exactly as represented. The

priest and the Levite who had passed by on the other side were

in the company that listened to Christ's words."—Id.,

P. 499.

Suggestions for Daily Family Study

Read the "Setting of the Lesson." Read Luke 10: 25-37. Drill

on the memory verse each day.

Study Questions 1-4, and Notes

1, 2.

Read "The Desire of Ages,"

pp. 497, 498, or "Christ's Object Lessons," pp. 376-378.

Study Questions 5-7, and Note 3. Children may read paragraphs

1-8 of the primary lesson. Read selected portions of either of the Lesson

Helps.

Study Questions 8, 9, and Notes 4, 5. Children may read paragraphs

9-11

of the primary lesson. Read selected portions

either of the

Lesson Helps.

Study Questions 10-13, and Notes 6, 7. Read selected portions of

either of the Lesson Helps.

Review the lesson by naming the persons mentioned, and telling

what each said or did. There are very interesting notes in "The Youth's

Instructor." These should be read if possible.

Review the lesson by asking questions from senior, youth's, junior,

or primary lesson. Give special study to Notes 6,

QUESTIONS

While Jesus was teaching the people. who came to Him with

a puzzling question? What prompted the lawyer to ask this

question? Luke 1o: 25. Note 1.

To what did Jesus refer him for an answer? Verse 26.

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In what words did the lawyer answer his own question?

Verse 27.

What endorsement did Jesus then give to the lawyer's answer?

Verse 28. Note 2.

What further question did the lawyer ask? Verse 29.

In answering this question, what did Jesus relate? Verse 3o.

Who came along the road where the wounded man was lying?

How did he show indifference to the one in need of help?

Verse 31. Note 3.

Who was the next passer-by? What did he do? Verse 32.

Note 4.

g. Who next journeyed along the same road? What did his

pity for the wounded man lead him to do? Verses 33-35.

Note 5.

1o. After relating this experience, what question did Jesus ask the

lawyer? Verse 36.

IL What was the lawyer's reply? What did Jesus then say?

Verse 37.

12.

What revelation did Jesus give in this story of the good

Samaritan? Note 6.

13.

What lesson is needed to-day? Note 7.

NOTES

T. The men called "lawyers" were those who "devoted them-

selves to the study and •explanation of the Jewish law, particu-

larly of the traditionary or oral law." This lawyer "was not

satisfied with the position and works of the Pharisees. He had

been studying the Scriptures with a desire to learn their real

meaning. He had a vital interest in the matter, and had asked

in sincerity, 'What shall I do?'

"—"The Desire of Ages," p. 497.

"The Pharisees had suggested this question to the lawyer,

in the hope that they might entrap Christ in His words, and they

listened eagerly for His answer. But the Saviour entered into

no controversy. He required the answer from the questioner

himself. . . . The Saviour's commendation of 'this answer placed

Him on vantage ground with the rabbis. They could not condemn

Him for sanctioning that which had been advanced by an ex-

positor of the

law."—"Christ's Object Lessons," p. 377.

A priest "passed by." Those who belonged to the priest-

hood were regarded as the most holy among the Jews. Many

priests lived at Jericho. Peloubet suggests of this one: "Possibly

he thought that the robbers were still in the neighborhood and he

would be in danger from them. He had excuses enough, we may

be sure,—such as they were."

"The care of the temple, the oversight of the poor, the doing

of works of charity and mercy," were the specially named duties

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of the Levites. Like the priest, the Levite no doubt had excuses

which he thought sufficient to relieve him from any responsibility

in the matter.

"Two pence," two denarii, about thirty-three cents, two days'

wages, or enough for several days' care.

"In the story of the good Samaritan; Jesus gave a picture of

Himself and His Mission. Man had been deceived, bruised,

robbed, and ruined by Satan, and left ,to perish; but the Saviour

had compassion on our helpless condition. He left His glory, to

come to our rescue. He found us ready to die, and He undertook

our case. He healed our wounds. He covered us with His robe

of righteousness. 'He opened to us

refuge of safety, and made

complete provision for us at His own charges. He died to re-

deem us. Pointing to His own example, He says to His followers,

`These things I command you, that ye love one another:' 'As I

have loved you, that ye also love one another.'

"—"The Desire of

Ages," pp. 503, 504.

"The lesson is

no less

needed

the world to-day than when

it fell from the lips of Jesus. Selfishness and cold formality have

well-nigh extinguished the fire of love, and dispelled the graces

that should make fragrant the character. Many who profess His

name have lost sight of the fact that Christians are to represent

Christ. Unless there is practical self-sacrifice for the good of

others, in the family circle, in the neighborhood, in the church,

and wherever' we may be, then whatever our profession, we are

not Christians."—Id.,

p. 504.

LESSON 8

AT THE HOME OF MARY AND MARTHA;

DINING WITH

A PHARISEE

November 21, 1925

LESSON SCRIPTURES: Luke 10: 38-42; 11:37-54.

MEMORY VERSE: Luke 10: 42.

LESSON HELP: "The Desire of Ages," • pp. 524, 525, 617416.

PLACES: Bethany; probably Judea.

PERSONS: Jesus; • Mary and Mirtha; a. Pharisee;' lawyers

'and

s'Criiies:

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SETTING OF THE LESSON

In this world which He came to save, Jesus. had no home of

His own. He was dependent upon the hospitality of His friends.

"Our' Saviour appreciated a quiet home and interested listeners.

He longed for human tenderness, courtesy, and affection.:"--"The

Desire of Ages," h. 524.

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The "certain village" was Bethany, the home of Mary and

Martha and Lazarus. This little town was on the east slope of

Mount Olivet, about two miles southeast of Jerusalem, on the

road to Jericho.

Suggestions for Daily Family Study

Read the "Setting of the Lesson." Read Luke 10: 38-42. Locate

Bethany on the map. Drill on the memory verse each day.

Study Questions 1-3, and Note 1. Children may read paragraphs' 1-7

of the primary lesson. Read pages 524 and 525 of the Lesson Help.

Read Luke 11: 37-54. Children may read paragraphs 8-13 of the

primary lesson.

Study Questions 4-9, and ,Notes 2, 3. Children may answer ques-

tions in the primary lesson.

Study Questions 10-16, and Notes 4, 5. Read selections from the

Lesson Help, pp. 617-619.

Review the first half of the lesson by asking questions from senior,

youth's, junior, or primary lesson. 'Read notes in "The Youth's Instructor."

Review the last part of the lesson as suggested in the preceding study,

QUESTIONS

During His travels, in whose house did Jesus one day rest?

Luke 1o: 38.

What complaint did Martha bring to Jesus about her sister?

Verses 39, 4o.

What did Jesus reply concerning the course of these two

women? Verses 41, 42. Note I.

With whom did Jesus dine /on a certain occasion? Luke

II: 37.

What caused His host to marvel? Verse 38.

How did Jesus meet the thought of the Pharisee? Verses

39, 4o. Note

What substitute did Jesus suggest for ceremonial purification

of vessels? Verse 41.

How faithful were the Pharisees in tithing? But what did

they overlook? What should they have done? Verse 42.

Note 3.

Upon what other point did Jesui

reprove the Pharisees?

Verse 43.

ro. For what other evil did He pronounce a woe upon them?

Verse 44. Note 4.

II. What did one of the lawyers say Jesus had done in pronounc-

ing these woes? What reply did Jesus give? Verses 45, 46.

12.

How did the monuments to the prophets witness against

them? Verses 47, 48; Matt.

23:

29-35. Note 5.

13.

What would be charged to that generation? Luke 1.5 :4g, 5o.

54. For what period did Jesus say He would require the blood

of that generation? Verse 55.

15. What effect did the teaching of these expounders of the law

really have? Verse 52.

i6. What did the words of Jesus lead the scribes and Pharisees

to do? Verses 53, 54.

NOTES

T. Wrong conclusions should not be drawn from the words of

Jesus to Martha. Hospitality is highly commended in the Bible,

and Martha was giving the highest proof of liberality and benevo-

lence in thus entertaining the Lord. But in trying to exercise her

office as a true hostess, she did what many are doing,—she was

"careful and troubled about many things,"—unnecessary care and

trouble! How much of this is seen in home life to-day! Where

a few simple things suffice for the present need, many things are

added, and in consequence, the heart is filled with care, the spirit

chafes, and the mind is thrown into tumult. This was Martha's

trouble, and the basis of her appeal to Jesus for help. He would

have been well pleased had she spent less time in serving, and

given more time for the "better part" for which the Lord com-

mended Mary.

This does not refer to the washing of hands to cleanse

them, but to the ceremonial washing which was a religious 'form.

Jesus "exposed the mere externalism of the Pharisaic law of

purification, to the utter ignoring of the higher need of inward

purity, which lay at the foundation of

all."—"Life and Times of

Jesus the Messiah," Edersheim,

211>

Referring to Luke II :42, we have this comment: "In these

words Christ again condemns the abuse of sacred obligation. The

obligation itself He does not set aside. The tithing system was

ordained by God, and it had been observed from the earliest

times. Abraham, the father of the faithful, paid tithes of all that

he possessed. The Jewish rulers recognized the obligation of

tithing, and this was right ; but they did not leave the people to

carry out their own convictions of duty."—"The

Desire of Ages,"

pp.

616, 617.

"The three distinctions of a Pharisee were: not to make

use nor to partake of anything that had not been tithed; to ob-

serve the laws of purification; and, as a consequence of these

two, to abstain from familiar intercourse with all non-Pharisees.

This separation formal the ground of their claim to distinction.

It will be noticed that it is exactly to these three things our Lord

. adverts; so that these sayings of His are not, as might seem, un-

connected, but in the strictest internal relationship. Our Lord

shows how Pharisaism, as regarded the outer, was connected with

the opposite tendency, as regarded the inner man: outward puri-

fication, with ignorance of the need of that inward purity which

consisted in God-consecration, and with the neglect of it;,strict-

ness of outward tithing, with ignorance and neglect of the

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principle which underlay it, viz., the acknowledgment of God's

right over mind and heart (judgment and love of God) ; while,

lastly, the Pharisaic pretense of separation, and consequent' claim

to distinction, issued only in pride and self-assertion. Thus,, tried

by its own tests, Pharisaism terribly failed."—"Life

and Times of

Jesus the Messiah," Edersheim,

212.

5. By building these tombs, they pretended to honor the

martyred prophets, thus gaining popularity; but their actions

showed them to possess the same spirit as that which led their

fathers to kill the prophets.

LESSON 9

WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS; PARABLE

OF THE RICH MAN

November 28, 1925

LESSON SCRIPTURE: Luke 12: 1-21.

MEMORY VERSE: Luke 12: 34.

LESSON HELP: "Christ's Object Lessons," pp. 252-259.

PLACE: Uncertain.

PERSONS: Jesus and His disciples; a great multitude.

SETTING OF THE LESSON

This lesson seems to be a continuation of the incidents of the

preceding lesson. The people no doubt had heard of the severe

rebuke given by Jesus to the scribes and Pharisees, and the multi-

tude grew larger, and the desire to hear Jesus increased.

Suggestions for Daily Family Study

Note the "Setting of the Lesson." Read Luke 12: 1-21. Drill on

the memory verse each day.

Study Questions 1-4, and Note 1. Children may read paragraphs

1-3 of the primary lesson.

Study Questions 5-8, and Notes 2, 3. Tell the lesson thus' far in

story form, connecting the notes in the recital.

Study Questions 9-11, and Note 4. Children may read paragraphs

5, 6, of the primary lesson. Ask them questions on paragraphs 1-6.

Study Questions 12-17, and Notes 5, 6. Children may read paragraphs

7-10 of the primary lesson. Read selected portions of the Lesson Help.

Review the first half of the lesson by asking questions from senior,

youth's, junior, or primary lesson. Read notes in "The Youth's Instructor."

Review the last part of the lesson as suggested in the preceding study.

QUESTIONS

t: How great was the audience that had gathered to listen to

Jesus' teaching? What warning did He give to His disciples?

Luke

i. Note I.,

How fully, will all hypocrisy 1;e,expospd? Verses

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Of whom need we not be afraid? What is the worst an.

enemy can do? Whom should we fear? Verses 4, 5.

What illustrations did Jesus give to show God's care for us?

Verses 6, 7.

What will be the experience of those who confess Christ be-

fore men? What is awaiting those who deny Him? Verses

8, 9. Note 2.

What terrible warning is given to those who persistently

reject the invitations of mercy? Verse to. Note 3.

What should not trouble us when we are brought to trial for

our faith in Christ? Verse if.

What help is promised for such a time? Verse IC.

g. What request was made of Jesus by one of the company, con-

cerning an inheritance? Verse 13.

10. How did Jesus answer the question? Verse 54. Note 4.

1. What instruction did this lead Jesus to give? Verse i5.

12.

With what parable did Jesus illustrate the danger of covetous-

ness? Verse i6.

13.

What question did this rich man ask of himself? Verse 57.

14.

What did he decide to do? Verse i8.

15.

How did he further comfort his 'covetous soul? Verse 19.

Note '5.

16.

What did God say to the rich man? Verse

20.

Note 6.

57. What application did Jesus make of the parable? Verse

21,

NOTES

I. Hypocrisy is one of the worst forms of evil. All shams are

hateful, but a religious sham is worst of all. Admitted into the

life, it will corrupt the whole nature, just as it had corrupted the

Pharisees.

"The religion of Christ is sincerity itself. Zeal for God's

glory is the motive implanted by the Holy Spirit; and only the

effectual working of the Spirit can implant this motive. Only the

power of God can banish self-seeking and hypocrisy. This change

is the sign of His working. When the faith we accept destroys

selfishness and pretense, when it leads us to seek God's glory and.

not our own, we may know that it is of the right order."-"The

Desire of Ages," p. 409.

2. "He who would confess Christ, must have Christ abiding

in him. He can not communicate that which he has not received.

The disciples might speak fluently on doctrines, they might repeat

the words of Christ Himself; but unless they possessed Christ-

like meekness and love, they were not confessing Him. A spirit

contrary to the spirit of Christ would deny Him, whatever the

profession. Men may deny Christ by evil-speaking, by foolish

talking, by words that are untruthful or unkind. They may deny

Him by shunning life's burdens, by the pursuit of sinful pleasure.

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They may deny Him by conforming to the world, by uncourteous

behavior, by the love of their own opinions, by justifying self, by

cherishing doubt, borrowing trouble, and dwelling in darkness.

In all these ways they declare that Christ is not in them. And

`whosoever shall deny Me before men,' He says, 'him will I also

deny before My Father which is in heaven.'

"—Id.,

357.

It is possible to drive the Spirit from us so that its pleading

voice can not be heard. "To-day if ye will hear His voice, harden

not your hearts," for "the sin against the Holy Ghost is the sin of

persistent refusal to respond to the invitation to repent."—Mrs.

E. G. White, in "Review and Herald," June 29, 1897.

"The Saviour's mission on earth was fast drawing to a

close. Only a few months remained for Him to complete what

He had come to do, in establishing the kingdom of His grace.

Yet human greed would have turned Him from His work, to

take up the dispute over a piece of land. But Jesus was not to be

diverted from His mission. His answer was, 'Man, who made

Me a judge or a divider over you?'

"Jesus could have told this man just what was right. He knew

the right in the case ; but the brothers were in a quarrel because

both were covetous. Christ virtually said, It is not My work to

settle controversies of this kind. He came for another purpose,

to preach the gospel, and thus to arouse men to a sense of eternal

realities.

"In Christ's treatment of this case is a lesson for all who

minister in His, name. When He sent forth the twelve, He said,

`As ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils :

freely ye have received, freely give.' They were not to settle the

temporal affairs of the people. Their work was to persuade men

to be reconciled to God. In this work lay their power to bless

humanity. The only remedy for the sins and sorrows of men is

Christ. The gospel of His grace alone can cure the evils that

curse society. The injustice of the rich toward the poor, the

hatred of the poor toward the rich, alike have their root in self-

ishness, and this can be eradicated only through submission to

Christ. He alone, for the selfish heart of sin, gives the new heart

of love. Let the servants of Christ preach the gospel with the

Spirit sent down from heaven, and work as He did for the benefit

of men. Then such results will be manifest, in the blessing and

uplifting of mankind, as are wholly impossible of accomplishment

by human

power."—"Christ's Object Lessons," pp.

53,

54-

"The rich man was in perplexity as to what he should do

with his produce. His barns were full to overflowing, and he

had no place to put the surplus of his harvest. He did not think

of God, from whom all his mercies had come. He did not realize

that God had made him a steward of His goods, that he might

help the needy. He had a blessed opportunity of being God's

almoner, but he thought only of ministering to his own comfort.

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"The situation of the poor, the orphan, the widow, the suffer-

ing, the afflicted, was brought to this rich man's attention; there

were many places in which to bestow his goods. He could easily

have relieved himself of a portion of his abundance, and many

homes would have been freed from want, many who were hungry

would have been fed, many naked clothed, many hearts made glad,

many prayers for bread and clothing answered, and a melody of

praise would have ascended to heaven. The Lord had heard the

prayers of the needy, and of His goodness He had prepared for

the poor. Abundant provision for the wants of many had been

made in the blessings bestowed upon the rich man. But he closed

his heart to the cry of the needy."—Id.,

p. 256.

6. How prone man is to trust in uncertain riches (t Tim. 6:

17), and selfishly to hoard God's gifts which were meant to be

used to bless humanity and for the glory of God. But "to live

for self is to perish. Covetousness, the desire of benefit for self's

sake, cuts the soul. off from life. It is the spirit of Satan to get.

to draw to self. It is the spirit of Christ to give, to sacrifice self

for the good of others."—Id.,

p. 259.

It is not a sin to have worldly possessions. The Lord expects

us to be diligent and economical in our business affairs (Rom.

12: t t ; Prov. to: 4; 27: 23), that we may have resources with

which to help the needy and support the gospel. Eph. 4: 28. The

use we make of our means in this selfish, grasping age, is a good

index to our Christian experience.

LESSON 10

PARABLE OF THE WAITING SERVANTS

December 5, 1925

LESSON SCRIPTURE: Luke 12: 32-57.

MEMORY VERSE: Luke 12: 40.

LESSON HELP: "The Desire of Ages," pp. 634-636.

PERSONS: Jesus; Peter and other disciples; the people.

SETTING OF THE LESSON

In this lesson, Jesus gives instruction especially helpful at the

present time. His second coming, the proper attitude of His wait-

ing- servants; and the dangers and temptations of these days are

portrayed.

Suggestions for Daily Family Study

Note the "Setting of the Lesson." Read Luke

on the memory verse each day.

Study Questions 1-4, and Note 1. Children may

questions on 'paragraphs 1-3 of the primary lesson.

Study Questions 5, 6, and Note 2. Chillren may

questions on paragraphs 4-6. Read selected portions from

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12 : 32-57. Drill

read and5'answer

read and answer

the Lesson Help.

Study Questions 7-10, and Note 3. Children may read and answer

questions on paragraphs 7-12 of the primary lesson. Read selected portions

from the Lesson Help.

Study Questions 11-14, and Notes 4, 5. Read selected portions of

the Lesson Help.

Review the first half of the lesson by asking questions from senior,

youth's, junior, or primary lesson. Read notes in "The Youth's Instructor."

Review the last part of the lesson as suggested in the preceding study.,

QUESTIONS

What comforting assurance is given to God's people? Luke

12 : 32.

How may our treasures be transferred to Christ's kingdom?

Verse 33.

What will be the result of such transfer? Verse 34.

What parable is given by the Lord to illustrate the waiting

attitude of His servants? Verses 35-38. Note t.

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5. With what further illustration does Jesus seek to impress the

importance of continued watchfulness for His coming?

Verses 39, 40. Note

What question concerning the parable did Peter then ask?

What was Jesus' reply? Verses 41-44.

How does Jesus further emphasize His warning against

putting far off

our thought His second coming? Verses

45, 46.

What is said, in the parable, of that servant who knew his

lord's will and did it not? Verses 47, 48. Note 3.

What did Jesus say He had come to send on the earth?

Verse 49.

ro. How did He refer to His sufferings then near at hand?

Verse 50.

What sometimes results from the preaching of the gospel?

Verses 51-53; Matt.

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34. Note 4.

12.

What did Jesus say concerning their understanding of the

signs in nature? Luke 12: 54, 55.

13.

What was of far greater importance? Verse 56. Note 5.

14.

What figure was used to show the necessity of accepting His

love and reconciliation? Verses 57-59.

NOTES

1. "Because we know not the exact time of His coming, we

are commanded to watch. 'Blessed are those servants, whom the

Lord when He cometh shall find watching.' Those who watch

for the Lord's coming are not waiting in idle expectancy. The

expectation of Christ's coming is to make men fear the Lord,

and fear His -judgments upon transgression. It is to awaken

them to the great sin of rejecting His offers of mercy. Those'

who are watching for the Lord, are purifying their souls by

obedience to the truth. With vigilant watching they combine

earnest working."—"The

Desire of Ages," p. 634.

2. "If such [those who have neglected preparation] had only

known that the work of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary would

close so soon, how differently would they have conducted them-

selves ! how earnestly would they have watched! The Master

anticipating all this, gives them timely warning in the command

to watch. He distinctly states the suddenness of His coming. He

does not measure the time, lest we shall neglect a momentary

preparation, and in our indolence lopk ahead to the time when we

think He will come, and defer the preparation. 'Watch ye there-

fore ;

for ye know not.'

"—"Testimonies," vol. a, p. 191.

As many prophets and kings had desired to witness the

events connected with Jesus' first coming (Luke 1o:24), so the

prophets have spoken of, and looked forward to, the consumma-

tion of the Christian's hope (Acts 3 : 21) at His second coming. ,

We are living in the last generation, with the light of all genera-

tions focused upon our pathway. To us much has been given, and

of us

much will be required.

"The Lord measures with exactness every possibility for serv-

ice. The unused capabilities are as much brought into account as

are those that are improved. For all that we might become

through the right use of our talents God holds us responsible..

We shall be judged according to what we ought to have done,

but did not accomplish because we did not use our powers to

glorify

God."—"Christ's Object Lessons," p. 363.

The gospel is a gospel of peace (Eph. 6: 15), peace in the

individual heart, and peace in society as far as its principles are

received. But sin and 'righteousness are in deadly conflict, and

those who accept the gospel are often opposed by those who do'

not, just as Cain was opposed to Abel "because his own works

were evil, and his brother's righteous." I John 3: 12.

"The world, full of rioting, full of godless pleasure, is

asleep, asleep in carnal security. Men are putting afar off the

coming of the Lord. They laugh at warnings. . . . Everything

in the world is in agitation. The signs of the times are ominous.

Coming events cast their shadows before. The Spirit of God is

withdrawing from the earth, and calamity follows calamity by

sea and by land. There are tempests, earthquakes, fires, floods,

murders of every grade. Who can read the future? Where is

security? There is assurance in nothing that is human or earthly.

Rapidly are men ranging themselves under the banner they have

chosen. Restlessly are they waiting and watching the movements

of their leaders. There are those who are waiting and watching

and working for our Lord's appearing. Another class are falling

into line under the generalship of the first, great apostate. Few

believe with heart and soul that we have a hell to shun and a

heaven to

win."—"The Desire of Ages," pp. 635, 636.

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LESSON 11

THE BARREN FIG TREE; WOMAN HEALED

ON THE SABBATH

December 12, 1925

LESSON SCRIPTURE: Luke 13: 1:17.

MEMORY VERSE: Luke 13:9.

LESSON HELP: "Christ's Object Lessons," pp. 212-218.

PLACE: Somewhere in Perea, beyond Jordan.

PERSONS: Jesus and His disciples; Jewish rulers and people; the infirm

woman.

SETTING OF THE LESSON

"Christ had been warning the people of the coming of the

kingdom of God, and He had sharply rebuked their ignorance and

indifference. . . . The hearers told Jesus of an event which had

just caused great excitement. Some of the measures of Pontius

Pilate, the governor of Judea, had given offense to the people.

There had been a popular tumult in Jerusalem, and Pilate had

attempted to quell this by violence. On one occasion his soldiers

has even invaded the precincts of the temple, and had cut down

some Galilean pilgrims in the very act of slaying their sacrifices.

The Jews regarded calamity as a judgment on account of the

sufferer's sin, and those who told of this act of violence did so

with secret satisfaction. In their view their own good fortune

proved them to be much better, and therefore more favored by

God, than were these Galileans. They expected to hear from

Jesus words of condemnation for these men, who, they doubted

not, richly deserved their punishment."—"Christ's

Object Lessons,"

pp. 212, 213.

Suggestions for Daily Family Study

Read the "Setting of the Lesson." Read the Lesson Scripture. Drill

on the memory verse each day.

Study Questions 1-6, and Notes 1, 2. Read pages 212, 213, of the

Lesson Help.

Study Questions 7, 8, and Notes 3, 4. Children may read and answer

questions on paragraphs

1-4

of the primary lesson. Read selected portions

of the Lesson Help.

Study Questions 9-15. Children may read and answer questions on

paragraphs 5-11.

Study Question 16, and Note 5. Review other instances of Jesus'

healing on the Sabbath.

Review the first half of the lesson by asking questions from senior,

youth's, junior, or primary lesson. Read notes in "The Youth's Instructor."

Review the last part of the lesson as suggested in the preceding study.

QUESTIONS

i. What occurrence was related to Jesus by soine who had heard

His teaching? Luke 13 : 1.

What mistaken idea of the Jews did Jesus seek to correct?

Verse

Note t.

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What warning did He give? Verse 3.

What further illustration did He use to show that affliction

and calamity are not always the result of our sins? Verse 4-

What warning is repeated? Verse 5.

How was this prediction terribly fulfilled upon the Jewish

nation? Luke 19 : 43,

44•

Note 2.

By what parable did Jesus illustrate the sure 'result of a

failure to repent? Luke 13: 6, 7. Note 3.

- 8. How is the long-suffering of God shown in this parable?

Verses 8, 9. Note 4.

9. Who Was present on one occasion as Jesus was teaching in one

of the synagogues? What day was it? How long had this

woman been ill? Verses to,

to. When Jesus saw her, what did He say and do? What was

the immediate result? Verses 12, 13.

Ir. How did the ruler of the synagogue regard the matter?

Verse 54, first part.

12.

What did he say to the people? Verse 14, last part.

13.

How did Jesus address the ruler? What question did He

ask? Verse 15.

14.

What further question did Jesus ask concerning the woman?

Verse 16.

15.

How did these words affect the adversaries of Jesus? How

did they affect the people? Verse 17".

16.

Recall former experiences of healing on the Sabbath. Note 5.

NOTES

Recall the question of the disciples concerning the blind

man by the wayside : "Master, who did sin, this man, or his

parents, that he was born blind?" John 9: 2. Now again Jesus

tried to impress upon them that physical injuries or great mis-

fortunes were not always the direct results of personal sins.

"As Jesus talked with the disciples and the multitude, He

looked forward with prophetic glance, and saw Jerusalem be-

sieged with armies. He heard the tramp of the aliens marching

against the chosen city, and saw the thousands upon thousands

perishing in the siege. Many of the Jews were, like those Gali-

leans, slain in the temple courts, in the very act of offering

sacrifice. The calamities that had fallen upon individuals were

warnings from God to a nation equally guilty. 'Except ye repent,'

said Jesus, 'ye shall all 'likewise perish.' For a little time the

day of probation lingered for them. There was still time for

them to know the things that belonged to their peace."—"Chrises-

Object Lessons," pp. 213, 214.

We may learn from the parable of the barren fig tree that

those who bear no fruit will be cut off. (Compare John 15: 1-6.)

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But we may also learn the long-suffering of Christ, and be en-

couraged. We know that one who had taken great-pains with

a tree, cultivating and dressing it carefully, without seeing any

fruit for three years, would not cut it'down the fourth year, if-it

bore only a little fruit. "Every branch that beareth fruit; He

purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit." "He who began

a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ."

Phil. 1 : 6, A. R. V.

"Christ's hearers could not misunderstand the application of

His words. David had sung of Israel as the vine brought out of

Egypt. Isaiah had written, 'The vineyard of the Lord of hosts

is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant plant.'

The generation to whom the Saviour had come were represented

by the fig tree in the Lord's vineyard,—within the circle of His

special care and

blessing."—"Christ's Object Lessons," p. 214.

There are several interesting accounts -of healing which

Jesus performed on the Sabbath. In Jerusalem, the impotent

man (John 5) and the blind man (John 9) were healed; and in

both instances, a spirited controversy, with the Jews followed.

In Galilee, the man with the unclean spirit and Peter's wife's

mother were healed on the Sabbath (Mark 1:21-32). In Perea,

beyond Jordan, the healing of the afflicted woman on the Sabbath

(Luke 13:11-17) aroused the ruler of the synagogue to express

his indignation.

LESSON 12

JESUS TEACHING THE PEOPLE

December 19, 1925

LESSON SCRIPTURE:

Luke 13: 22-35.

MEMORY VERSE: Matt. 23: 37.

LESSON. HELPS: "Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing," pp. 197-210;

"The Desire of Ages," pp. 587, 588, 825-828.

PLACE: On the way to Jerusalem.

PERSONS: Jesus and His disciples; Pharisees and the people.

SETTING OF THE LESSON

Jesus and His disciples are journeying toward Jerusalem,

traveling slowly, and lingering in the villages and cities as the

interest of the people demanded. Some of the instruction given

at this time is a repetition of that which was given to His disciples

earlier in His ministry.

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Suggestions for Daily Family Study

Note the "Setting of the Lesson." Read the Lesson Scripture.

Drill on the memory verse each day.

Study Questions 1-5, and .Notes 1, 2. Children may read and answer

questions on paragraphs 1-4 of the primary lesson. Read the first citation

in the Lesson Helps.

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Study Questions

6-10, and Note 3. Children may read and answer

questions on paragraphs 5-9. Read selected portions cited in "The

Desire

of Ages."

Study Questions 11-13. As the lesson is a hard one foi the children,

review the questions in "Our Little Friend." Read selected portions of the

Lesson Helps.

Study Questions 14-16, and Note 4. Try telling the lesson as a story.

Review the first half of the lesson by asking questions from senior,

Youth's, junior, or primary lesson. Read notes on lessons in "The Youth's

Instructor."

Review the last part of the lesson as suggested for the preceding study.

QUESTIONS

While Jesus was journeying and teaching in Perea, what

question was asked Him? Luke 13:

22, 23..

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What admonition did Jesus give in reply? Verse 24. Note 1.

After what time does He say an entrance can not be gained?

What does the master say? Verse 25.

Finding the door closed, what claims do they press to gain an

entrance? Verse 26.

What sorrowful answer do they receive? Verse 27. Note 2.

How did Jesus again remind the Jews that natural descent

from the patriarchs was not a guarantee of heaven? Verse 28.

Who besides the ancient worthies does Jesus imply will be

saved? Verse 29.

What shows that human calculations and reckonings will be

reversed? Verse 30. (See Eccl. 9: is,

; Matt. 21:

31.)

g. Of what was Jesus warned by certain of the Pharisees? Luke

13: 31.

so. What reply did Jesus make? Verses 32, 33. Note.3.

ii.

What terrible crimes did He again connect with the history

of Jerusalem? Verse 33, last part.

12.

What expression of sorrow did the memory of such things

bring from Jesus? Verse 34,. first part..

13.

What had Jesus a longing desire to do for the Jewish people?

Verse 34, last part.

4. Having rejected Him, what was the condition of their temple?

Verse 35,,.first part. Note 4.

15.

When would the people of Jerusalem see Him again? Verse

35, last part:

16.

At what time was this predictido fulfilled? Matt.

21 :

NOTES

1. "In the road to death the- whole race may go, with all

their worldliness, all their selfishness, -all their pride, dishonesty,

and moral debasement. There is room for every man's opinions

and doctrines, space to follow his- inclinations, to do whatever his

self-love may dictate. In order to go in the path that leads to

destruction, there is no need of searching for the way; for the

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gate is wide, and the way is broad, and the feet naturally turn

into the path that ends in death.

"But the way to life is narrow and the entrance strait. If you

cling to any besetting sin, you will find the way too narrow for

you to enter. Your own ways, your own will, your evil habits

and practices, must be given up if you would keep the way of the

Lord. He who would serve Christ can not follow the world's

opinions, or meet the world's standard."—"Thoughts

from the

Mount of Blessing,"

pp.

197, 598.

"The test of sincerity is not in words, but in deeds."—

"Christ's Object Lessons,"

p. 272.

"Saddest of all words that ever fell on mortal ear are those

words of doom, 'I know you not.'

"—Id.,

p. 413.

'The class of persons described *in Luke 13: 25-27 are those

who profess to love God, and show great activity -in good works,

as many of the Jews did, yet do not repent of their sins and obey

the word of the Lord.

"Jesuskhad now been for some time in Perea, in the terri-

tory of Antipas, the murderer of John. The intense unpopularity

of the crime had, doubtless, been a protection to Him; but, be-

sides the fact that Antipas personally feared the great Miracle-

worker, thinking He was perhaps the murdered Baptist, risen

from the dead, there were many other reasons why he should

wish Him fairly out of his dominions. Unwilling to appear in

the matter, he used the Pharisees, counting on their readiness to

further his end. Some of their number, therefore, came to Christ,

with the air of friends anxious for His safety, and warned Him

that it would be well for Him to leave Perea as quickly as pos-

sible, as Herod desired to kill Him.

"Jesus at once saw through the whole design, as a crafty plan

of Herod for His expulsion. But He was on His way to Jerusa-

lem, and contented Himself with showing that He gave no ground

for political suspicion, and that He quite well understood how

little friendship there was in the advice the Pharisees had given

Him."—"Life and Words of Christ," Geikie, vol. 2,

343.

"Your house." Jesus does not now speak of it as "My

house." It was once the Lord's temple, God's own house. He

dwelt over the mercy seat between the cherubims; His glory, the

holy Shekinah, lighted all its rooms. There He spoke to His

priests in guiding and giving the nation counsel. To it the nation

looked when they remembered the God of all the earth.

But now Jesus says "your temple," your house, to intimate that

God had abandoned it and would dwell in it no more forever.

So in 2 Chron. 36: 17, when He delivered the temple into the

hands of the Chaldean's,—the house of your sanctuary. A similar

form of speech is found in Ex. 32: 7, where the Lord said to

Moses, "thy people," to intimate that He acknowledged them no

longer for His followers.

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LESSON 13

THE REVIEW

December 26, 1925

Suggestions for Daily Family Study

Study Questions 1, 2. In each day's study, review the memory verses.

Let each member of the family help to supply the details of the story

told in itlatt. 18: 23-35.

Study Questions 3, 4. Let the children tell the story of the ten

lepers. Luke 17: 12-19.

Study Question 5. Let each member of the family "help to supply

the details of the lesson story.

Study Questions 6, 7. Let the children tell what the Good Shepherd

does for His lambs, and also relate the parable of the good Samaritan.

Study Questions 8, 9. Children may relate the story of the selfish

rich man.

Study Questions 10, 11. Children may tell the story of the fig

tree, and that of the healing of the sick woman.

Study Question 12. Children may tell of Jesus' love and sorrow

for the people in Jerusalem.

QUESTIONS

r. Relate briefly the story of the tribute money, and one lesson

you get from it. How was humility exalted by Christ before

His disciples? Lesson 1.

What did Jesus teach to be the full measure of forgiveness to

others? How was this illustrated? Lesson 2.

Name the different excuses offered by those invited to follow

Jesus. What should be a cause for greater rejoicing than the

possession of great power? Lesson 3.

.1.. What were the ten lepers doing when healing came to them?

What did one do when he saw that he was healed? Who was

he? Lesson 4.

Tell briefly the story of the healing of the blind man. How

did this miracle affect the Pharisees? Lesson 5.

Who is the Good Shepherd? What does He give for His

sheep? How intimate is His knowledge of the flock?

Lesson 6.

For what purpose did a lawyer question Jesus? How did

Jesus bring an answer to his question from the lawyer's own

lips? Relate the parable of the good Samaritan. Lesson 7.

Why did Jesus reprove. Martha, while visiting in her home?

On what occasion and in what manner, did Jesus reprove

hypocrisy in the Pharisees? Lesson 8.

Relate briefly the parable given to warn against covetousness.

Lesson 9.

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io. Relate the parable given to admonish us to be always ready

for Jesus' coming. How are families sometimes affected by

the preaching of the gospel? Lesson to.

H. What lesson is taught by the parable of the fig tree? After

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healing the woman on the Sabbath day, how did Jesus meet

the objections of the synagogue ruler? Lesson it.

12. How does Jesus show that outward forms or profession do

not insure one a place in the kingdom of heaven? What were

some of the causes that brought from Jesus deep expressions

of sorrow and anguish? Lesson 12.

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